28.6.15

ALBERT WATSON - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR AUDREYWORLDNEWS

Albert Watson will certainly be remembered by the "Digital Native Generation", the daughter of the digital generation World, for the photo of Steve Jobs of Apple is in many ways similar to the symbol of John Lennon, or that of Ghandi, which Steve Jobs himself He had in his house and who were a source of inspiration for himself and his work. This is the full interview of my meeting in Venice took place the day before his investiture as Officer of the Order of the British Empire. We met in the afternoon and we had tea by the sea and then when he felt ready we started the interview. It 'was an unforgettable event, we talked for hours, Albert was found besides a great photographer and a male lover curious about life and everything that has to do with creativity. In light of what he told me, you can also see the full interview in the video (found also in the end pages) or the cut, we touched on many topics of human creativity and, if there had been time, we would continue to hours.

Steve Jobs - Albert Watson picture -was a official pictures posted on Apple web site the day when Steve Jobs passed away

Venezia - Isola di San Clemente - 25 giugno 2015

1 Audrey -When is starting your
passion for photography?

Albert Watson - I was at school when
I was 20 years old and I was is studying graphic design and then when, i was
almost 21, my wife give me a small camera:The passion developed from there but
never stop to this day ...so now it been a 52 years from the very very
beginning ....and saw the passion started when I was 21.

2 Audrey - What
is for you a photographer: a magician, an illusionist, or eyes that other do not
have?Albert Watson - To me is an automatic way of seeing, and of course you're trying to create something for you as well as myself, something magical than something sometimes mysterious. What you doing really was stealing second of time, I'm freezing the second of time and sometimes of course hundredth of a second of time, you're freezing something on time and it's a wonderful thing that photography can do it, really stops time. Is the only device in a way that stopped that one second of time......it just stops a fragment of time. See here the video reponse

3 Audrey - What the photographer look in the light?Earlier on.... i think...i realised that I had a lot of disappointments. I would take a picture and I would look at the picture at the minute taking it and thinking it was a masterpiece, then the next day quite so good, and the day after they drew the picture out, so therefore there was a problem there.....Why am i trying out a picture that I don't was a masterpiece. Most of the problems are resulted from lights, that alike ability to make connection to control the light, and to manipulate the light and to make sure, what i was seeing, was been recorded by the camera. So this trip along time especially in the beginning so conquering light was really that is one of the most important things a photographer can do, otherwise it's always frustrating, you I was disappointed unless you do that. See here the video reponseAudrey – Cosa cerca il fotografo nella “luce”?

4 Audrey – You have been appointed " Officer of the British Empire " that is an honor that brings you closer to the nomination of " Baronet Sir or " as Alfred Hitckcook . What do you remember about him?Albert Watson - Alfred Hitckcook was the first famous person that I photographed, and it goes at the age of 29 years old maybe 30 so i was very nervous and i was just as the film school...,coming from film school that was really a problem....in other words ....and it was overwhelming. So i remember going in there, arriving at the place going through security and it was really a major major problem for me , psychologically however and I remember swearing at and remember, and then we walked in and I think he understand that Was that nervous but he was absolutely fantastic with me, can you help me with assurance I was very lucky tire was goodbye considered this event was one of the most important to me because after the event I gained confidence in confidence as a main photography to be confident, especially with people. See here the video reponseAudrey – Sei stato nominato “Ufficiale dell’impero Britannico” che è un'onorificenza che ti avvicina alla nomina di “Baronetto o Sir” come Alfred Hitckcook. Cosa ricordi di lui?

Albert Watson - I think I'm
lucky because I found a passion for something in particular, photography but
beyond that is behind us as a passion for art music aspect of art, actually
even dance, i go to the opera, i go to
the ballet, I spend a lot of time in gallery, so therefore you I have
constantly call passion for art as I have for photography and I find a place
and is very inspiring and inspiring to better things. See here the video reponse

7Audrey - What is Style for you?Albert Watson - The Style is quite important, with the style comes a certain amount
of recognisability, so the people recognise your style. When you look my
pictures that are very easy way to the look the pictures because I was trained
as a graphic designer so in my work you see graphics, i was trainingthe film school as a director and you see direction, and the third is quite simply a combination of the first two,
graphics and film together, so when you look at it you can almost divide the
pictures that are taken into one of those three categories.See here the video reponseAudrey – Cosa è per te lo Style e quale è il tuo Style?

8 Audrey - What Style do you like in the fashion world and in the art world?

Personally for
fashion i like the Japanese designers, and of course if I'm going to a special
event or on the awards or Buckingam Palace, i pressing a
little bit more conservative..... i have a
different styles....when is more casual i prefer Japanese and when is more
formal i prefer English. II like very much the Japanese designer Yogi Yamamoto ,I think he has style consistency and it is very clever guy, so in art, like anybody I'm always looking for the next piece, is very nice early on as i did discover Basquiat in new york, very early, you knew he is a new wave was very good and accomplish, so was looking for the next thinghs. See here the video reponse

9Audrey - What or who
would like to photograph that you not photograph yet?

Albert Watson - is hard because
i have photographed so many people, so many people, so many famous people so
many musicians, I wish i had photograph MADONNA, i was supposed to photograph,
but the shooting was cancelled for some reason ..... i do i meet here.... and i spoke with her for an hour...... i never
connected with... the maybe now it's too late enough.... I'm sad for this but ,,,,, i want to photograph who to be photographed..... but of of
course I'm always interested in whoever is around ...in to tomorrow.....of course. See here the video reponse

Albert Watson - … to me is a mistery why i have´nt done already, but of course I would be
nice to do one … of course I think we would do something very
strong.

I knew the Pirelli calendar from the very beginning, the
Pirelli calendar is gone to many different changes - i think - my favorite
Pirelli calendar was a Helmut Newton, calendar was it which is really early on, and I like what he did, he actually integrated it with some ideas p

whit Pirelli was born, Pirelli was an industrial giant of the company, and somehow
then it just developed into pretty women sometimes nudeor something no nude.... a lot of them are

seem a little anonymous to me....and i prefer a calendars that have a definite
viewpoint of a concept rather than just pretty shoots of women.See here the video reponse

11 Audrey - Hou you decide how to shoot a person?Albert Watson -Two things you look at the person and you're
looking at the person as psychologically as this person what is achieved what
are his abilities, or sometimes a Midsummer you don't know you don't know if
they're what they do anything at, I you look at the geography or their face, you
look at their the mountains and the valleys of the faces....See here the video reponse Audrey – Come decidi come scattare una persona?

12Audrey – What type of award you get tomorrow?Albert Watson - tomorrow we go to Buckingham Palace... tomorrow morning... so we going to 10 o'clock I don't know the exact time because the invitation for their event is waiting for me at the hotel......... is the “investiture” is called investiture.... it's an award ceremony and the country invests something in your, they give you a medal....See here the video reponse Audrey – Che tipo di investitura riceverai domani?